AIMS AND SCOPE

The SPIN workshop is a forum for practitioners and researchers
interested in state space-based techniques for the validation and
analysis of software systems. Theoretical techniques and empirical
evaluations based on explicit representations of state spaces, as
implemented in the SPIN model checker or other tools, or techniques
based on the combination of explicit representations with other
representations, are the focus of this workshop.

We particularly welcome papers describing the development and
application of state space exploration techniques in testing and
verifying embedded software, security-critical software, enterprise
and web applications, and other interesting software platforms. The
workshop aims to encourage interactions and exchanges of ideas with
all related areas in software engineering.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

Formal verification techniques for automated analysis of software

Algorithms and storage methods for explicit-state model checking

Theoretical and algorithmic foundations of model checking

Model checking for programming languages and code analysis

Directed model checking using heuristics

Parallel or distributed model checking

Verification of timed and probabilistic systems

Model checking techniques for biological systems

Formal verification techniques for concurrent software

Formal verification techniques for embedded software

Abstraction and symbolic execution techniques in relation to
software verification

Static analysis for state space reduction

Combinations of enumerative and symbolic techniques

Analysis for modelling languages, such as UML/state charts

Property specification languages, including temporal logics

Automated testing using state space and/or path exploration

Derivation of specifications, test cases, or other useful material
from state spaces

Combination of model checking techniques with other analyses

Modular and compositional verification techniques

Case studies of interesting systems or with interesting results

Engineering and implementation of software verification tools

Benchmark and comparative studies for formal verification tools

Insightful surveys or historical accounts on topics of relevance to
the workshop

INVITED SPEAKERS

INVITED TUTORIAL

PAPER SUBMISSION AND PUBLICATION

The proceedings of SPIN will be published as a volume in Springer's
Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) series. Authors of selected
papers will be invited to submit an extended version to appear in a
special issue of an international journal (journal to be confirmed).

With the exception of survey and history papers, the papers should
contain original work which has not been submitted or accepted for
publication elsewhere. Submissions should adhere to the LNCS format:

Technical Papers: At most 18 pages in LNCS format. All accepted
technical papers will be included in the proceedings.

Tool Presentations: This kind of submission should consist of two
parts: the first part is at most a 5 page description of the
tool. If accepted, this part will be published in the workshop
proceedings. The second part should describe an informal plan for an
oral presentation of the tool. This part will not be included in the
proceedings.